BelfastBiker's Fitness Blog.

260.0lbs on 17th March, 257.4lbs on 6th April.

262 lbs on 21st April.

258.1lbs now.

Talk about zigzagging!

I suppose the being down nearly 4lbs in a week is good, if I could do half that this week, game back on!

Found my proper body tape measure, woohoo! 

Waist 
1 inch off my waist this month. That’s 2.5inch this year, or 12 inches in total. 

Hips 
1 inch off my hips this month. That’s 3inch this year, or 11 inches in total. 

Chest 
1.5 inches off my chest this month. That’s 3.5 inches this year, or 8 inches in total. 

Thighs 
No change to thighs, but 1 inch this year. That’s 5.5 inches per leg in total. 

Bodyfat is now 37.6%, down from (near) my starting position of 45% - I didn’t start tracking this for a while into this, so it was likely about 48% at one stage. 

Resting Heart rate down 3 to 59bpm. That’s a reduction of 23bpm this year or 41bpm in total, from my high of 100bpm. 

Blood pressure is 124/79, down from 126/92 last month. It was 131/89 at start of year so both systolic and diastolic figures have shown good improvements. At the start of my journey it was 138/97, I really should have sought the doc then. :) 

Overall, I’m lighter, fitter, smaller, healthier! 

Also 57 miles mostly walking in last week (tiny amount of running) for a total of 353 miles so far this year.  Starting to up the miles a little on average….

Bizarrely though, the chest/hip/thigh/waist measurement don’t show a LOT of change, despite throwing two pairs of trousers out and being able to fit in two other pair, and shifting a couple of belt holes too. Perhaps not having my proper measuring tape is a factor, hopefully it’ll turn up. ) 

Wonder if I can get go apeshit, get 4.4lbs off this week, get to 80 lbs lost ? Nah…. too much to ask for…. isn’t it? 

…and I’m chuffed to bits! :)

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And had to throw out two pairs of trousers and delve into my collection of “no-longer-fit-me” clothes to find two pairs that now do!

Also 65miles walking this week (with a tiny bit of #BarefootRunning in there too.)

Off to shop for cakes and chocolates, it’s carb up time for this low carber!

Good distance today, and over 25K steps.  Left calf a wee bit ballixed with the barefoot running!

Haven’t left house much today, and managed to walk 6 miles while bro and myself cleaned and tidied my house top to bottom -climbed stairs exactly 50 times!

Got my FitBit today, another gadget to keep me right - bit of an easier way to track mileage and number of steps.  Had no fun calibrating it at all, had to walk the same 0.7 mile loop 5 times!  all sorted now….   

Also started C25K, barefoot this time - I hear good things about barefoot running… we’ll see how that goes.  Damn treadmill gets hot underfoot….

That’s FIVE stone gone, only about six or seven to go - Walking lots and 90% paleo diet is working very well for me, and haven’t needed to count calories!

Clawing back a wee bit of deficit.. :)

Bit light, other things doing today, had to get two buses home, sadly.

Busy day, no lunchtime walk, but decent mileage nonetheless.  Allowed myself a chocolate bar, apart from that solid as hell Paleo diet.  roll on payday to allow me to prep food better!

Also this month I’ve taken 2” off my chest, 2” off my ass and 2.5” off my waist.  AND my resting heart rate is down TWENTY to 62bpm.

Now, I’m basically at my weight/heart rate/measurement stats that I was at last May 2011. So I’ve just rewound 7 months of neglect in less than a month.  Over 150miles of walking has clearly helped, but I put this down to Paleo eating almost completely, it’s fantastic!!!

One wee thing, I was lighter the previous day - it’s shocking how a salty snack and meal yesterday can hurt a couple of days of dieting!  To think I used to do that at worse each and every day, any wonder I got up to 23 and a half stone. :)

• TOTAL Cholesterol - 151 mg/dl (<200 is good, >240 is high risk.)
• HDL - 39 mg/dl (getting that up to 40 would be best, or higher, work to do!)
• LDL - 101 mg/dl (right on the edge of fantastic - reduced chance of atherosclerosis, heart attack, stroke.  >160 is high.)
• Cholesterol Ratio - 3.9 (well into low risk, less chance of heart disease.  >9.5 is moderate risk, >23 is high risk.)
• Fasting Blood Glucose - 4.6 mmol/L (great result! >7.0 would likely be diabetes.)
• Triglycerides - 55 mg/dl (Lower risk of heart disease.  <130 is what you want, >200 is high.)

So overall, I’m elated at these results.  Apart from HDL which is holding steady, all the other results are lower than the last result mid last year.  The trigs in particular are down from 169 to 55!

I put it 90% down to the Paleo type of eating I’ve switched to - healthy fats, great quality proteins, little carbs, minimal processed food and dairy, lots of veggies.  Obviously my lot of walking is helping too I guess.   Can’t weight to get off the treadmill tonight, sleep, and wake up for weigh-in.  Yeah I know,  rock and roll… :)

Tired.